Section 199: Inquiries

(1) The Minister may cause an inquiry to be held into any matter connected with -
(a) the functions of the Supervision Inspection Service in the State;
(b) the functions of an adoption service;
(c) the functions of a voluntary organisation, in so far as those functions relate to children;
(d) a registered children's home or voluntary home;
(e) a residential care home, nursing home or mental nursing home, so far as it provides accommodation for children;
(g) the detention of a child under this Act.
[Editorial Note: Paragraph (f) omitted. Numbering as per Gazette.]
(2) In this section-
"functions" includes powers and duties which a person has, otherwise than by virtue of any enactment.